Patient's question:
Recently, I suddenly found that my child only has one testicle, which is very distressing. I would like to ask the doctor, what are the preferred treatment methods for a child with only one testicle?Doctor's answer:
According to your purchase situation, a 5-year-old child only has one testicle, which is considered to be cryptorchidism. If the child's testicle has not descended into the scrotum by the age of 6 months, the chance of it rising on its own is very small, and surgical treatment should be considered. In cryptorchidism, because the testicle remains in the abdominal cavity or inguinal canal for a long time, it is easily affected by the "high temperature" inside the body, which can lead to male infertility. Additionally, due to changes in the growth environment and developmental obstacles, cryptorchidism can cause malignant transformation of testicular cells, leading to the formation of a malignant tumor. The chance of a malignant transformation in cryptorchidism is approximately 30 to 50 times higher than in normally positioned testicles.